Euronest PA adopts resolution on Armenian Genocide centenary

PanARMENIAN.Net - The fourth ordinary session of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly adopted Tuesday, March 17, a resolution on the centennial of the Armenian Genocide, calling on Turkey to reconcile with its past, stressing, that genocide denial is the final stage of genocide and that the absences of unequivocal and timely condemnation of the Armenian Genocide largely contributed to the failure to prevent future crimes against Humanity. The resolution recalls all EU, UN and other international declarations and resolutions adopted on Crimes against Humanity, and the Armenian Genocide.

The resolution is the third after the European People’s Party (EPP) Political Assembly’s and European Parliament’s report on Human Rights, affirming the recognition and condemnation of the denial of the Armenian Genocide, calling on Turkey and the member states to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide and condemning the denial. The resolution ‘supports the international struggle for the prevention of genocides, the restoration of the rights of people subjected to genocide and the establishment of historical justice’.

The Assembly:

- Condemns all forms of crimes against humanity and genocide and deeply deplore attempts of their denial;

- Pay tribute to the memory of innocent victims of all genocides and crimes, committed against humanity;

- Stresses that prevention of genocides and crimes against humanity should be amongst the priorities of international community; Finds that further development of the international capacities in this regard is instrumental;

- Supports the international struggle for the prevention of genocides, the restoration of the rights of people subjected to genocide and the establishment of historical justice;

- Invites Turkey to come to term with its past;

- Considers that setting up grounds for future reconciliation between peoples is of utmost importance;

- Invites Armenia and Turkey to use examples of successful reconciliation between European Nations and focus on an agenda putting cooperation between the peoples first.